It’s been almost three years since the International Joint Commission, the binational commission which controls the water flows, backed away from the study results and went back to the drawing board.

Yesterday, the IJC announced it’s been pecking away at a new plan. In a press release, the IJC said that new plan would push toward:

…a new regulation plan that moves toward more natural flows to provide environmental improvements, particularly for Lake Ontario wetlands, while continuing to protect other interests.

Basically, that’s very good news for people along the St. Lawrence River, because it’s also likely that plan would keep river levels higher in August and September when boaters want to keep their crafts in the water.

The IJC also said it was trying to incorporate “adjustments for significant climatic changes.”

Another meeting is scheduled for April in Quebec City. Still no word on when a new plan may be released. But the IJC does promise opportunity for public comment once that happens.

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Oh, god! Climate change adjustments?
This is the bottom line problem with the environment and those who want to manage it. Tinker, tinker, tinker as though God never knew what he was doing.
The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes were screwed up when the Seaway project was constructed.
Every time we fix something, we screw it up.